凯易律师事务所近日迎来交易律师何贤通以合伙人身份加盟其香港办事处交易团队。此前，何律师在香港证监会担任执行董事。他将在卸任香港证监会职务的冷静期结束后，于2022年8月29日开始凯易的工作。

何律师将在私募股权、香港公开收购和上市等交易项目中为客户提供法律意见。在香港证监会任职期间，他曾负责企业融资部的领导工作，并曾作为香港证监会首席协调人推出了中港通（China-Hong Kong Stock Connect）。

何律师加盟后，凯易香港办公室共有32位合伙人。从2021年至今，凯易香港办公室人事变动包括：去年1月，资本市场律师吕梦宇从盛德律师事务所以合伙人身份加盟至凯易；去年3月，林晓希律师离任凯易、以合伙人身份加盟年利达律师事务所；去年7月，前普衡律师事务所合伙人管荣律师加盟至凯易；去年10月，前凯易合伙人Daniel Margulies律师加盟德杰律师事务所；今年3月，前凯易合伙人黄莉娟律师将正式出任港交所董事总经理兼首次公开招股审查联席主管。

Hong Kong SFC official to join Kirkland

Brian Ho, former executive director of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), will join Kirkland & Ellis in August as a partner in its transactional practice.

At the SFC, Ho oversaw takeovers and mergers regulations and listing policy matters. He was also a member of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited’s Listing Nominating Committee, before retiring in August last year.

With the addition of Ho, Kirkland currently has 32 partners in Hong Kong. Since last year, the firm's Hong Kong office has seen the exits of M&A partner Xiaoxi Lin to Linklaters, financial restructuring specialist Daniel Margulies to Dechert, the joining of Paul Guan from Paul Hastings, and capital markets expert Li-Chien Wong to HKEx. It also welcomed back Mengyu Lu from Sidley Austin.   

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